Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-12
Well, now, you have told us of one per-
son who did not like Mr.. Leake. Who is

his, and the fact that Mr.. Leake would no
shield him from the Secretary of State, il
whose employ Mr.. Brown was %
Well, Mr.. Brown said that Leake wa.
treacherous and betrayed confidence, and
instanced the exposure of the private cor
respondence Leake had with Stow. HI,
tried to make himself solid by exposing
McCarty. with the apparent object of getting
McCarty's place"
Then am to infer from your testi
mony that Mr.. Browns objection to Mr.
Leake was that he exposed McCarty in hi.
crime, and was more of friend tc
Lee Browns superior in office than he was
to Mr.. Brown himself. Well, do YOU know
anyone else besides Horace Stevens and
Lee Brown, both discharged deputies from
State offices, who does not like Mr.
| Leake?n
Yes, have heard quite number ex.
press themselves"
=" Well, if there are quite number, YOU
should have no trouble in naming few OF
| them"
We'll, have heard City Attorney Hart
- Donahue and Harry Gamble express
themselves in Harry CANDLES saloon"
Well, what is their opinion ?''
1t IS that Leake is treacherous. unre-
liable, and a general sneak
Did Harry Gamble say that?"
Well, | don't know whether Harry
Gamble used those words or not. Some
one made the statement, and City Attorney
Hart remarked, Them's my sentiments y
Did Donohue make those remarkse"
| can't say that he did"
Mr.. Sheehan, you are pretty good
talker yourself, are you not ?'
Yes, did my share of the TALKING
well. now, Mr. Sheehan, didn't Won
lead off and do the talking, Hart chimed in
and said Them's my sentiments, and the
other two remained silent ?n
Well no; l don't think so.
Does not all this animus grow out of
the part Mr.. Leake took, or is supposed to
have taken, in the cases of McCartv.
Horace Stevens and Lee Brown, all of
whom were dismissed from the public
service?"
The conversation referred to the Nc
Carly case. Gamble spoke of that. He
also stated that Stafford said upon the
streets that the money he was short in the
Postotfice was taken by Leake."
Did you ever hear any one say they be-
lleved that Mr.. Leake swore to a lie in any
of those cases ?"
No; but have heard people say they
would not believe him under OATH"
"Who?"
We'll, can't name them. Wherever |
have heard him discussed that is the pre-
vailing sentiment
Still, in Sacramento, city of &c. 600 in
habltants, you cannot recall one name to
verify that statement. Is that dislike for
MIR. Leake that you speak of because he
was bold enough to charge superior Of
ticer with defalcation ?".
We'll, he has a reputation of giving
people away"
Have you ever heard any one say that
Mr.. Leake accused any one of defalcation
where the accusation was not true ?"
| can't say that have"
Have you ever heard Mr.. Leake's char
acter discussed by prominent business men
IN Sacramento, or his integrity questioned
by such men as Newton Booth. CIV.
Wheeler, or ex-Mayor Christopher Green?"
think have heard Mr.. Green speak
OF him. Can't recall what he said, but re-
member that it was not in Mr.. Leake's
faver."
General Carey then enumerated all the
leading merchants, bankers, real estate and
insurance firms, hotel-keepers and public
officials, and asked, as each name was re-
peated, If he had heard any OF those gentle
men discuss Mr.. Leakes character or oues-
tion Mr.. Leake's integrity, to all of which
witness replied no. General Carey said he
wanted to show that witness did not express
the sentiments of the community. He had
given him fair warning as to what consti-
tuted general reputation, and was going to
show that he had signally failed to estab-
lish his assertion.
ou have mentioned five individuals
upon the statements of whom you base your
opinion-Horace Stevens, Lee Brown.
Harry Gamble, City Attorney Hart and =
Donahue. Harry Gamble is a saloon
keeper, is he not?"
Yes, SIR
" AT one time he was an. inmate of the
Home for the Inebriates was he not?"
| can't say as to that"
thought you could. Newspaper men
usually know everything, and that was put
iii evidence at the Tom Reynolds trial.
You and Horace Stevenswere bosom friends
and slept together in those days, believe"
We We're friends and in each others
company considerable"
Well, did you not do considerable
talking about the Stevens case?'
Yes, did. l believed him innocent"
This man Donahue you speak of fights
bull dogs, don't hep"
81 think not He is tailor
Well, he is dog fancier and a would
be sport, is he not ?"
No; he is an athlete
Well, now, Mr.. Sheehan. is it not true
that great many people in Sacramento
have said great many bad things about
your
Counsel for defense objected to this aues-
ton, and it was withdrawn.
General Carey-Upen the say so of the
four men you have mentioned, whose con-
versation took place in a saloon-men not
reputable at home, not prominent in busi-
ness or social circles-you would have this
jury to believe that upon that you base
10 r., 4
On the mere say so of those five,
would not"
Well, emitting from your list Mr.. Hart
and the other four do not stand very well
in the community, do they?"
Yes, think they do"
Is Donahue, whom you speak OF as as
sisting you in forming estimates of the
character of individuals. an average citizen
himself?'
9 As an acreage of integrity and intelli-
gence should say he was"
The Court-What is the average in Sacra-
mento? [Laughter.l
Witness in lengthy examination which
followed said he had no personal feeling
against Mr.. Leake, but general dislike for
the man on account of his treacher.7 and
breach OF confidence. His showing up the
Stow letters was to make himself solid
with the anti-monopoly Democracy While
Mr.. Leake might be capable of doing kind
act, he would not hesitate to do discreditable
acts in case where he is interested.
A Juryman-Did not Mr.. Leake, when
he discovered that McCarty was a thief,
that he was Systematically robbing the
State, do right in informing upon him and
bringing him to justice {?
" No, sir. l think he went too far went
beyond his duty when he went to the Gov
ernor and entered that complaint. He
exceeded his auehority. He ought
to have gone to his superior officer,
the man who put him in office. Instead of
that, he waited until he got McCarty in a
hole and then gave him away